Anouk Vogel is a Dutch landscape architect. She just realised FOLDING FOR PEACE, a paper garden in Nagasaki, Japan. “An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. Inspired by this popular belief, the garden Folding [...]
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Extreme origami
November 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Design, Fashion
Tags:a paper garden in Nagasaki·Anouk Vogel·landscape architecture·origami
Zwarte Parel (Black Pearl)
November 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Architecture
Countless times I came across the Black Pearl on the Internet, the house always drew my attention and I always thought, “that house is so black!” Recently this former neglected home which is situated in Rotterdam, The Netherlands won The Lensvelt Architect interieurprijs 2011 prize. Because of this I looked into the project again and [...]
Tags:Dutch architects·Studio Rolf.fr·The Lensvelt Architect interieurprijs 2011 prize·Zecc Architects·Zwarte Parel
“Red Ribbon”, Landscape art in China
October 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Architecture, Nature
The Thange river Park in Qinhuangdao, China is situated along a river and for many years the park was a deserted land with no useful function. Seedlings of popular trees were all over the place, the park was neglected and some parts became garbage dumps. And look at it now … The natural site has [...]
Tags:China·landscape art
Searching for upholstery?
September 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Architecture, Design, Interior Design, Woodwork
While searching for new upholstery for our (Artifort) living room couch I came across the website of MEG O’HALLORAN DESIGN. Boy do they have beautiful fabrics … And not only fabrics, MEG O’HALLORAN DESIGN is a collaborative design-make studio specializing in modern furniture, carpets, and upholstery fabrics. Leading lady Meghan O’Halloran was trained as an [...]
Tags:Artifort·handcrafted furniture·Meg O' Halloran Design·upholstery
A slate wall and inspiration
July 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized
Remember this photo I used in this previous post? In Belgium and French, en route on our holiday we saw many more of those walls. The walls sometimes have fantastic patterns and are mostly made of slate, although I think the blue tiles are made of copper. I think it was Erica Hogenbirk, who pointed [...]
Tags:Big brooches·brooches of wood·handmade jewelry·slate tiles
Architecture en route
July 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Life, Uncategorized
Oh boy it is sort of hard to start things up after our small break in French. But I mist my blog and I am also eager to continue working on the line of brooches we started to make just before we left. We had a lovely time, with long hikes along the beautiful coastline [...]
Tags:Art nouveau architecture·Mers les Bain·mud and straw walls·Picardy
Floating swimmingpool
June 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Life
We are having the most fantastic weather overhere in The Netherlands … Temperatures up to 27 degrees yesterday, which is predicted again today. Great! It was also said a violent storm would follow the fine weather at the end of the day. So all day yesterday I worked in my garden to support the long [...]
Inspiration…
June 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Life, My Work
Still under the spell of brooches … and yes I know … I talk about brooches too often lately. I see inspiration everywhere, like here, beautiful lines and shapes … House Pin made by Jan Kerkstra of Atelier The Jewelry Story Or here … squares and rectangles who are in my opinion entirely in balance. [...]
Awe-inspiring ruins
June 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Uncategorized
In a previous post on this blog, I have written about how some Scots have a very personal relationship with their ruins … That Scottish people are not the only ones with a great sense of history proves this project in Germany where it was decided to use the ruins of a 15th century castle [...]
Tags:modern architecture·Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos·ruins·ruins of a castle
